2002 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-015

Description

Fifteenth cataloged doubled die reverse for the 2002 Lincoln Memorial Cent, this VarietyVista variety shows medium westward spread creating a thin extra column number 7, visible from the knee to the ankle of the Lincoln statue within the Memorial. Die identifiers UVC-3248 and DMR-016 track this specific die pair. Stage A shows both reverse and obverse in early die state, with mid-die and late die states unconfirmed. The column 7 extra column varieties have become one of the most recognizable doubled die patterns on Memorial Cents — the thin ghost column appearing alongside the original creates a visual doubling effect that many collectors find satisfying even at relatively modest magnification. The description specifies the doubling spans from knee to ankle rather than the full column length, indicating that only a portion of the column carries the doubled image — a common characteristic when the hub misalignment is slight enough that only certain sections of a design element show visible displacement. The 2002 Philadelphia Mint produced hundreds of millions of cents, and fifteen documented DDRs for this date demonstrates the sustained level of die variety research that characterized the final decade of Memorial Cent production before the 2009 design change.

Die Markers

• UVC-3248
• DMR-016
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by James Wiles
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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